Iceland

This summer first Iceland and then the Faroe Islands unilaterally jacked up the amount of the fish they intend to let their fishermen catch.

I would really like to see President Obama to move to ask the government of Iceland to shut that website down.

The bank was based in Iceland but a substantial chunk of its business came from Britain.

With its cool climate, abundant geothermal energy and secure remoteness, Iceland appears to be a prime location for data archives.

If only Iceland had been a member of the European Union and eurozone, the argument went, it would have escaped the crisis and humiliation.

Iceland went bust because a country of fishermen was deluded into thinking it had become a giant investment bank.

That shows what you know. Iceland may be chilly, but it's one of the hottest places in Europe.

Iceland found, to its peril, that its access to the leading currencies was not as sure as it had hoped.

Iceland has discovered the limits of trying to shore upconfidence in a supersized banking sector with its own currency.

Iceland is the result of a "hotspot" in which material rises from deep within the Earth, pushing part of this ridge up into the air.

People close to the talks said the IMF had not attached any punitive conditions on Iceland as part of its rescue package.

The eruption of Eyjafjallajokull in the south of Iceland was one of these.

As developed as the world has become, it is still possible for one volcano in Iceland to stop all air traffic in and out of Europe.

Imagine the difference it might have made to Ireland and Iceland, say, if supervisors there had resisted banks' eye-watering credit growth.

But at this point Iceland seems, if anything, to be doing better than its near-namesake.

Iceland's internal affairs ministry said Huang's investment group did not meet legal requirements for acquiring the land.

But I got caught up in it because politicians seem bent on ruining Iceland's natural environment.

Geographical concept, Iceland is often considered part of the five Nordic countries.

A crystaline stackable principle in the center on the top, which I am trying to turn into a concert hall in Iceland.

Other events get dress rehearsals. The eruption of Eyjafjallajokull in the south of Iceland was one of these.

Yet Iceland is special in another way: it did not issue a blanket bail-out to its banks, but rather let bits of them go bust.

But internal factors also count, Iceland has no standing army and among the lowest proportion of its citizens in jail.

He's training very hard here in Iceland on his vacation and he's going to be well prepared for the next season.

One year Rudolf sailed all the way out to Iceland and began working his way around that rocky coast from one town to another.

No more credit is flowing to the Baltics from Swedish banks, to Hungary from Austrian banks or to Iceland from Britain and the Netherlands.

Researchers said they would keep trying to determine when the Amerindian genes first arrived in Iceland.

Two men decide to go on this adventure and travel to Iceland, where they enter the earth through a narrow passage deep into the earth.

Iceland's President Olafur Grimsson is trying to drive carbon dioxide underground to 1 its release into the air.

"Perhaps we are going to experience something much more positive as Iceland becomes a tourist destination, " she said.

Iceland is an ideal place to see icy volcanoes and for scientists to figure out how such volcanoes work.

Forget Iceland's volcano. If you want to see a really big eruption, you need to head to the Sun.

Due to a smaller population, Iceland is one of the least polluted countries in the world.

After touring for 18 months I was excited to return home a few weeks ago to good, solid Iceland and enjoy a little bit of stability.

Tens of thousands of flights were grounded during a week of travel chaos caused by the ash cloud from a volcano in Iceland.

In the British Isles and Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland) special knives and forks are used for eating fish.

The resulting famine killed tens of thousands across Western Europe, including up to a quarter of Iceland's population.

When Monaco's new prince, Albert II, was enthroned on November 19th, the only head of state to attend was the president of Iceland.

On Tuesday, Iceland's government seized Glitnir Bank hf, Mr. Davidsson's employer, caught up in the unfolding global financial crisis.

Overall, it seemed as if the European credit crisis cast a cloud larger than the ash from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano.

The only countries that have chosen to stay out even though they would instantly qualify for membership are Iceland, Norway and Switzerland.

If it escalates up or does what other Iceland volcanoes have done over the years it could have a major effect.

In addition to its proximity to potential deepwater ports, the land also includes one of Iceland's biggest glacial rivers.

Iceland is voting on a milder form of that solution this weekend (see article).

Three years of financial recovery have made Iceland more affordable, with consumer prices now largely pegged to the euro.

"If the IMF is planning to deal with the situation [in Iceland], Japan would like to support that move, " he said.

The bill from the failed bank known as Icesave is one of the most lasting hangovers of Iceland's spectacular banking meltdown in late 2008.

Iceland lies on the convergence of two tectonic plates and is one of the most volcanically active areas in the world.

Some of Iceland's volcanoes can shoot hundreds of times as much gunk into the atmosphere as Eyjafjallajokull has, and over long periods.

For Sigurdardottir, Iceland's longest serving MP, it has been a long and somewhat circuitous route to the top.

Similar to Iceland, a lower population and lack of pollution make New Zealand a great place to call home.

Other analysts say that Iceland's future may not be as imperiled as the British and Dutch suggest.

In the build-up to the global crisis of 2008 , tiny Iceland was a canary in the mine, a leading indicator of wider vulnerabilities .

Because of the volcanic eruption in Iceland, our airline cancelled our flights and we had no choice in the matter.

Volcanoes erupt all over the world but often don't create as much havoc as Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull is causing.

Or will Iceland, Latvia and other debtors be plunged into austerity in an attempt to squeeze out an economic surplus to avoid default?

People close to him say his interest in Iceland is motivated by his love of nature rather than geopolitics.

Already it's hard to see what unites, say, a volcanic island off Iceland, Namibian rock paintings, and the Sydney Opera House.

Japan, Iceland, Norway and indigenous groups hunted and killed at least 17, 000 whales over the last decade.

Whether apply to be the member of European Union is up to Iceland people and the country leader.

This particular bit of Iceland was also heavily populated.

Iceland's position reflects its internal political stability and its good relations with its neighbours.

Iceland's economy expanded rapidly on the back of high borrowing rates and is now facing potential difficulties refinancing its debts.

"You have to understand, " he told me, "Iceland is no longer a country. It is a hedge fund. "

Iceland's self-image is tied to western Europe: we like to think of ourselves as the small Atlantic state that links Europe and the US.

They also urged a leading role for the IMF to help countries like Iceland and Pakistan that are struggling with the current crisis.

Iceland is broke, but it's got geothermal heating, so at least no one will freeze to death.

And, you know, Iceland, it was never going to cut it.

This image represents what Iceland is all about.

RU is a vibrant international university located at the heart of Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland.

In fact, in terms of employment and output, Iceland has done somewhat better than Ireland and much better than the Baltic nations.

Iceland may have been the winner of that race, but its citizens were the losers.

The Delegation stated Iceland's intention to sign the new Singapore Treaty in the coming months and ratify it within the next few years.

Unlike neighbouring Greenland, Iceland is considered to be a part of Europe, not a part of North America.

In an impassioned speech to Iceland's Chamber of Commerce last month, he urged the police to investigate the activities of bank executives.

Gudnason said current cigarette pricing in Iceland did not take into account the huge costs imposed on society by smokers.

The repercussions of the Laki Volcano eruption in Iceland resonated throughout Europe for the next few years.

The problem was that the banks took on liabilities that far outgrew Iceland's GDP.

In an address last week, Iceland's prime minister told his countrymen that they would have to fall back on the resources of land and sea.

The prizes for second and third place are trips to Iceland, scene of a more recent collapse, and Las Vegas, America's foreclosure capital.

In Iceland and Ireland, the public does not readily understand why it should be responsible for the follies of financiers.

With the banks unable to meet commitments, Iceland's financial regulators put them into administration.

Van Persie, who has been ruled out for Holland's qualifying match against Iceland, has picked up a hamstring problem.

But with a tiny population and an economy mired in recession, Iceland is unlikely to provide much business for Chinese exporters.

Airline passengers are facing disruption across the UK after warnings of an ash cloud from a volcanic eruption in Iceland.

Meltwater from Iceland's largest glacier thunders into a canyon, drawing tourists to the precipice.

"Inside Job" starts not on Wall Street but in Iceland, a nation whose problems turn out to be the world's in microcosm.

Iceland's recuperation seems to offer two big lessons for Ireland and other troubled euro-zone countries.

My family. My mum and little sister have been really supportive, moving from Iceland to Denmark with me, then from Denmark to here.

As it is, power-hungry industries are flocking to Iceland to take advantage of the cheap electricity generated by geothermal plants.

With a name like Iceland, you'd think ice would be all you could see there.

Francesco Flachi has claimed he was surprised to receive a call-up to the Italy squad for the friendly against Iceland.

The Laki volcano eruption in Iceland therefore, effectively eradicated the summer of that year.

Iceland tops the survey, which analyses how peaceful countries are both in terms of international policy and domestic conditions.

And it is the heat that powers a modest number of electricity generators around the world, from Iceland to Indonesia.

Seven European countries performed better than the OECD average: Belgium, Estonia, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Switzerland.

Its banks borrowed many times the amount of money they held in deposits. In recent weeks, Iceland has had to seize three major banks.

The volcanic eruption was the second time in two years that Iceland has shaken its neighbors to the east.

to main streets and large shopping mall, Iceland's capital is a great place to shop to -- with a bonus of tax-free shopping for visitors!

The bottle contains water from springs in France and Fiji and a glacier in Iceland, with a sprinkling of 23-karat-gold dust in the water.

Not everywhere is blessed with basalt, of course. And no one is suggesting shipping CO2 to Iceland just to get rid of it.

It is an ill wind that blows nobody any good: the IMF is back in business, already helping Iceland, Pakistan and Ukraine.

and, if the Maldivians are looking for an island, Iceland is said to be going cheap.

In Iceland's most recent history the massive eruption of the Laki volcano in 1783 caused one of the greatest disasters in living history.

The eclipse was also visible from Finland, Sweden, Siberia, northern China, parts of Alaska and Canada, and Iceland.

Ther is only a very small domestic market for whale meat in Iceland and over 99% of whale meat produced was exported to Japan.

The prime minister would like me to believe that he saw Iceland's financial crisis taking shape but could do little about it.

Iceland was also unwilling to use unorthodox tools to provide more backing to its system.

Joining Liverpool. From a small club in Iceland to the biggest club in the world in the space of two years is incredible.

He and his colleagues have been experimenting with a mineral called Iceland spar.

The team found the same was true about comparatively happy nations including Canada, the U. S. , Iceland, Ireland and Switzerland.

At this time of year, the most-watched TV show in Iceland is Saturday night's Spaugstofan, which translates literally as The Spoof Room.

Norway and Iceland, two non-EU countries, enjoy the same rights and obligations as other Schengen states, except for the right to vote.

The 10 best places to be a mother are: Norway, Australia, Iceland, Sweden, Denmark, New Zealand, Finland, Belgium, Netherlands, and France.

Kaupthing was by far Iceland's largest private firm before the British PM and his chancellor drove it into the ground.

A whaling executive has said Iceland would likely have to stop whaling in its bid to join the European Union.

Only a few nations-Japan. Iceland, and Norway-continue to hound whales commercially.

One of the largest known historical lava flows occurred from the Laki Fissure, where rifting is tearing Iceland apart.

The referendum was triggered when more than a quarter of Iceland's people signed a petition objecting to the terms of the repayment.

This insight is what led Iceland to go from being one of the poorest countries in Europe circa 1900 to being one of the richest circa 2000.

I always wanted to do comics, and the closest education available for that in Iceland is the Academy of Arts.

Britain is far less exposed to a run on its banks by foreign depositors than Iceland was, says Ben Broadbent, an economist at Goldman Sachs.

In 2003, Iceland's three biggest banks had assets of only a few billion dollars, about 100 percent of its gross domestic product.

Gunnhildur Lilja Sigmundsdottir came to Minneapolis from Iceland late last week with nothing but pajamas, underwear and an empty suitcase.

Around the same time, Norse colonies sprang up in Iceland and Greenland.

Iceland's affable president; or one of a wide array of Danish royals.

He has spent a good deal of that time in Iceland, where freedom of information is protected and he has high-level supporters.

Iceland will become one of the few European countries without a McDonald's.

Hike through one of Iceland's many ancient lava fields. You might notice something strange. The ground in front of you is steaming!

To do so, they would have to overcome a big obstacle: the fact that, unlike Iceland, they no longer have their own currencies.

Iceland's tale exemplifies why central banks around the world are spraying liquidity at the financial system to keep banks in business.

Abutting the geothermal power plant is one of Iceland's most popular tourist attractions: the Blue Lagoon.

Sweden, Iceland, Denmark and Finland were also among the top five in the ICT Development Index.

He'd never been to Iceland, knew nothing about the place, and said he needed a map to find it.

Iceland is a borderless country in the northern Atlantic Ocean between Greenland, Norway, and the British Isles.

None of those things. It's our business plan. There's just no market for beach umbrellas in Iceland.

The company behind Iceland's fin whaling industry is planning a huge export of whalemeat to Japan.

As I speak, NATO ministers are meeting in Iceland to review the progress of our proposals for eliminating these weapons.

But he says that it could be China rather than Iceland that puts paid to his plans.

And Reykjavik, Iceland's capital, is now associated more with financial misjudgment than gruesome murder.

"Now is the time for the U. S. to take robust measures against Iceland for its continued defiance of international law, " said Kiekow.

Acceptance of evolution varies around the world, with the most ardent believers being in Iceland, Denmark and Sweden (see chart).

As a result, Britain is much less exposed to a run on its own banks by depositors holding foreign currencies than Iceland was.

It may still be dusting the rubble of the global economic collapse off itself, but Iceland is king when it comes to gender equality.

Equity trading was also suspended in several European exchanges, including those of Russia, Austria and Iceland.

Iceland is one of the few places on Earth where active volcanoes lie below icecaps.

Authorities in Iceland exhumed his body today two years after his death to get DNA sample that could decide a paternity suit.

Sigurdur Gudjonsson is a visual artist from Iceland, working primarily with video and photography for his installations.

Liquidity and currency crisis hit Iceland , Hungary, Ukraine and Pakistan which force them to turn to IMF for help.

Iceland also faces tricky negotiations over access by other EU members to its rich fishing grounds .

Iceland, reeling from the collapse of its banking system and currency, is selling its ambassadorial residence in Washington.

The organisation runs two Mars Analog Research Stations, one in the Canadian Arctic and one in Utah, and has plans for a third in Iceland.

Hunted to near extinction in parts of Scandinavia, the arctic fox is plentiful elsewhere, including here in Iceland.

I've encountered this in Iceland and in Ireland and in the UK: a sense of alienation and incomprehension and done-unto-ness.

East Africa and Iceland are the only places where they emerge onto land.

But last Tuesday, Mr Oddsson made public remarks that were interpreted to mean that Iceland would not meet its obligations to UK depositors.

The technical dialog between the companies continued weeks later at a meeting in Reykjavik, Iceland.

But outside the US, others might point to Iceland, an entire nation brought low by an overextended banking sector.

Part of the solution to this "Iceland problem" is for the UK to give up sterling and join the euro instead.

Basketball is said to be very popular sport in Iceland, and so is golf and handball.

By looking at individual consumption, the list changes somewhat. The richest are Luxembourg, U. S. , Iceland, Britain and Norway.

By looking at individual consumption, the list changes somewhat. The richest are Luxembourg, U. S. , Iceland, Britain and Norway.

A few years ago it was hip to listen to lengthy instrumental pieces from Iceland; now, it's nearly commonplace.

But British airways cancelled short-haul flights in Britian after warnings of a new volcanic ash cloud from Iceland.

Disruption from the volcanic ash eruption in Iceland is costing airlines more than $200 million a day, the air industry body IATA said.

The win by the left-wing coalition could also move Iceland closer to joining the European Union -- a major goal of the Social Democrats.

Sigurdur Gudmundsson is one of Iceland's most international artists.

The failure of banks in Iceland resulted in a devaluation of the Icelandic Krona and threatened the country with bankruptcy.

The most hotly contested seats were for Western Europe. Austria and Turkey beat out Iceland for the two seats allocated to this region.

This volcano is not one of the well-known volcanic centers of Iceland.

In contrast, WikiLeaks distributes its servers to take advantage of whistle-blower laws in Sweden, Belgium, Iceland and America.

In contrast, WikiLeaks distributes its servers to take advantage of whistle-blower laws in Sweden, Belgium, Iceland and America.

They found that the country with the lowest risk of premature death for women is Cyprus. For men the country with the best rate is Iceland.

But Iceland's leaders had long been warned of the potential damage of a liquidity squeeze.

Christian Poulsen will captain Denmark as they host Cyprus, and Raul Meireles will be in action for Portugal in Iceland.

As the meltdown in Iceland last autumn showed, an economy can be overwhelmed by its banking system.

Iceland is a really hot weekend destination at the moment.

If you've been itching to take a sabbatical overseas, now may be the time to up and move to Iceland.

Evidence of economic recovery in Iceland means the Irish can no longer persuade themselves that things are worse elsewhere.

Mr Huang told the Financial Times on Friday it would send a negative signal to other Chinese investors in Iceland if the deal fell through.

Dutch ministers also linked Iceland's bid to the Althingi's approval of a bank-rescue plan (see article).

I'm using a Dual Core laptop with 2GB of ram, with all leagues in England, Scotland and Iceland and a large database, on full detail.

Meanwhile, Danny Wilson lasted the distance as Scotland lost 2-1 to Iceland, for whom Victor Palsson was an unused substitute.

And there may be significant contagion from Iceland to countries vulnerable to capital flow reversals.

But despite the placid appearance, this is in fact one of the most volatile places on earth: volcanic activity runs rampant in Iceland. . .

Iceland's cousins in Norway have twice negotiated to join, only for the voters to say no.

The proposed IMF package represents a significant breakthrough for Iceland in its attempts to stabilise its economy.

Nor is it the only rock with carbon-eating potential. The researchers are now looking at volcanic basalt in a new project in Iceland.

Voters in Iceland have overwhelmingly rejected proposals to pay the UK and the Netherlands in the wake of collapse of the Icesave bank.

The government of Iceland has had to nationalise two of its biggest banks and is frantically seeking a lifeline loan from Russia.

Key donor partners include Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

Caption : WHALING: At left, a whale's carcass was tied to a ship near a processing plant in Hvalfjordur, Iceland, Friday.

Iceland is an island of volcanoes spreading right across its landscape and even extending beneath the sea.

The British and Dutch governments deny that they are impeding either Iceland's IMF deal or its EU accession.

Iceland and China enjoy profound friendship, sound political relations and ever-strengthening economic and trade cooperation.

You must get used to climbing, as we'll have to climb a mountain in Iceland, then climb down to the center of the earth.

Iceland's Meteorological Office says the eruption is expected to be small and shouldn't cause a disruption on air travel routes.

The volcano in Iceland is still erupting, so we're very closely monitoring this situation.

The skies over Europe reopened today as airlines scrambled to clear a backlog of flights grounded by a cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland.

Some Wikileaks workers in Iceland claimed they saw signs that they were being followed after this disclosure.

Iceland sends out financial SOS as its economy is in turmoil, currency collapsing, and inflation soaring.

Both countries are seeking to avoid the problems of Iceland and Ireland, where financial industry woes devastated the broader economy.

Unfortunately it was the national bank of Iceland.

And that something is probably not working in the industry that exploits Iceland's other main natural resource: energy.

That move was made by crisis-hit Iceland yesterday and it was also taken by Europe's largest economy, Germany, at the weekend.

Iceland has the greatest equality between men and women, taking into account politics, education, employment and health indicators.

With its new plan for energy independence already set in motion, Iceland should have a bright, prosperous future to match its past.

The IMF has been working to help several nations, including Ukraine and Iceland recently.

Examples of this apparent inconsistency are seen in Iceland, New Zealand, and the Maasai people of Tanzania, Africa.

And Iceland, which has an abundance of renewable, low-carbon energy is angling to be the world's data-centre capital.

Iceland has kept out of the EU, not least to safeguard its cod-fishing quotas.

Only two other Western European countries, Iceland and Norway, have done so till now.

The fallout of volcanic ash over parts of Iceland could jeopardise the safety of drinking water.

Iceland has at least 25 active volcanoes and many hot springs and geysers.

Back in Iceland, as I have mentioned, women are in charge of two of the three failed banks.

Making foreign creditors pick up the bill for the banks' excesses in this way has spared Iceland's taxpayers and depositors.

At least four Laki-sized eruptions have occurred in Iceland in the past 1150 years, Schmidt and her colleagues say.

It also insists that the deal is an essential part of clearing up Iceland's financial mess.

Iceland is peculiarly volcanic because it is formed by the intersection of a hotspot and a mid-ocean ridge.

And in Iceland's Westman Islands, one of the biggest puffin colonies in the world, locals love these colorful.

Financial experts say Iceland's approval of the referendum would help it regain credibility in financial markets.

The nationalisation of Kaupthing comes after Iceland passed emergency legislation this week to take over struggling banks.

It was Iceland's first plebiscite since the island's independence from Denmark in 1944.

Iceland's volcano erupted Wednesday and has since been spewing ash several miles into the air.

Others argue that, as Iceland has already undergone a crisis, there is little protection to be derived from joining the eurozone.

Kevin Davies sent a sample of his saliva to a genetic testing laboratory in Iceland to learn about his health risks.

It might very well be that others in Iceland may also erupt thereby causing a bit more disruption to your skies and economies.

Some suspect the former official in the Communist party's propaganda department is a Trojan horse for Chinese strategic interest in Iceland.

And on he went past Greenland and Iceland and finally he swam home into his own North Sea.

This year was Iceland's first attempt to become a member.

The company was founded in 1996 and headquartered in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Flights over Scotland and Ireland were halted as carriers braced themselves for more disruption from volcanic eruptions in Iceland.

Puerto Rico and Colombia also rank highly, along with Northern Ireland, Iceland, Switzerland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Canada and Sweden.

When Iceland's banking system collapsed in October, the problem was not that the media had panicked depositors.

Mr. Christensen warned in early 2006 about Iceland's yawning current-account deficit, its overheated economy and its outsized banks.

A massive flight backlog was growing and scientists feared that history could repeat itself with yet another volcanic eruption in Iceland.

Wen pointed out that the economic and trade cooperation between China and Iceland enjoy tremendous potentials.

Iceland is famous for its geysers which surprise tourists by suddenly throwing streams of water into the air.

We are south of the volcano, this is the way the wind is blowing in the western part of Iceland.

The UK and Iceland appear now to have agreed on dealing with depositors, but too late for Kaupthing.

Iceland has also garnered the support of the Jubilee Debt Campaign, a British antipoverty organization.

Iceland let its banks fail and its GDP fell by 15% from its highest point before it reached bottom.

Iceland was able to secure an emergency loan from Russia.

Iceland is a country where raw puffin hearts, pickled rams' testicles and putrefying shark flesh are all regularly eaten.

In taking this stand, Iceland promises to lead the pendulum swing away from the ideology that debt repayments are sacred.

Ireland is a close second at 23 per cent, while Malta, Iceland and Luxembourg bring up the rear in the overweight stakes.

Evidence from Iceland and Canada shows smoking prevalence has actually increased in some regions as a result of display bans.

There are, of course, a few jobs in Iceland that any refined, educated person might like to do.

The volcano in southern Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull glacier sends ash into the air just prior to sunset on Friday, April 16.

Leprosy was a significant medicalproblem in Norway and Iceland at the end of the 17th century, leading toextensive research efforts.

Iceland for sale on eBay LONDON (Reuters) - Great scenery and wildlife but financial situation in need of repair -- collect in person.